FVXX22 KWBC 250454
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0454 UTC 25 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-053          WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS  MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY...0000 UTC UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: PYROCLASTIC FLOW BEGINNING AT 25/0430 UTC
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY 
REPORTED THAT AN ERUPTION BEGAN AT 0430 UTC. ASH WAS ESTIMATED
TO BE AT FL100 AS OF 0435 UTC.  SATELLITE IMAGERY IS NOT
AVAILABLE DUE TO THE SPRING ECLIPSE SEASON WHICH OCCURS DAILY
AT THIS TIME THROUGH APRIL 12. SATELLITE IMAGERY WILL RESUME
AT 0645 UTC.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH AT FL100 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20
KNOTS.  ASH BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 5
TO 10 KNOTS WHILE ANY ASH THAT MIGHT EXIST ABOVE FL100 WOULD
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 50 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS 
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 25/1100 UTC.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC
ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING
ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS  
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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TURK
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